Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography

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dc.contributor.advisorShepherd, Nicken_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorGodby, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHotsko, Jenniferen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T17:21:49Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T17:21:49Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAnthropologists and ethnographers documenting the African subject – as soldiers of the colonial enterprise, dominated early practices of photography in Africa. These endeavors manufactured a visual narrative that was uniform in its approach to Africa's landscape, which largely persists in the popular imagination.In the early 1990s with the fall of apartheid and transition towards democracy, South Africa's landscape witnessed a new current in the medium of photography; photographers who had been documenting the 'struggle' were suddenly deprived of the central focus of their work. Creative artistic expression, which had been largely restricted, blossomed. This paper examines four of South Africa's 'new generation' of photographers who have seen unprecedented success both in South Africa and in the West. This paper examines whether these photographers and their images are confronting and challenging the stereotypical stock photographs that have misrepresented South Africa's landscape.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHotsko, J. (2009). <i>Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9231en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHotsko, Jennifer. <i>"Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9231en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHotsko, J. 2009. Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hotsko, Jennifer AB - Anthropologists and ethnographers documenting the African subject – as soldiers of the colonial enterprise, dominated early practices of photography in Africa. These endeavors manufactured a visual narrative that was uniform in its approach to Africa's landscape, which largely persists in the popular imagination.In the early 1990s with the fall of apartheid and transition towards democracy, South Africa's landscape witnessed a new current in the medium of photography; photographers who had been documenting the 'struggle' were suddenly deprived of the central focus of their work. Creative artistic expression, which had been largely restricted, blossomed. This paper examines four of South Africa's 'new generation' of photographers who have seen unprecedented success both in South Africa and in the West. This paper examines whether these photographers and their images are confronting and challenging the stereotypical stock photographs that have misrepresented South Africa's landscape. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography TI - Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9231 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9231
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHotsko J. Beyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photography. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,African Studies, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9231en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAfrican Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleBeyond the frame : a liminal space in contemporary South African photographyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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